1842 - Wade, William A Journey in the Northern Island of New Zealand - [Front Matter]

       
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A JOURNEY
IN THE NORTHERN ISLAND
OF
NEW ZEALAND:

INTERSPERSED WITH VARIOUS INFORMATION RELATIVE
TO THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE.

Hobart Town:

PRINTED BY W. PRATT, ELIZABETH-STREET:
PUBLISHED BY GEORGE ROLWEGAN, COLLINS-STREET.

1842.

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[DEDICATION]

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DEDICATION.

TO

LADY FRANKLIN,

WHO HAS

TAKEN A DEEP INTEREST

IN THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE

OF

NEW ZEALAND,

THIS VOLUME IS,

WITH HER KIND PERMISSION,

HUMBLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY HER LADYSHIP'S OBLIGED,

AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. FROM PAGE 13 TO PAGE 37.

The Waimate--Pukenui District--New Zealand Ferns--The Hill Putahi--David Taiwanga--Description of the Natives --Advancement in Agriculture--Native Cultivations--Practice of Prayer--Covetousness of the People--Pleasing exception--Difficulty in dealing with them--Kaikohe Pa---Native Pas in General--Waterfalls--Piropiro--New Zealand Merriment--Oparere--Palm Trees -- Unusual scarcity of Water--Arrival at Mangungu.

CHAPTER II. FROM PAGE 38 TO PAGE 53.

The Mangungu Mission Settlement--Mangamuka River-- Timber trees--The Kauri--The Kahikatea--The Puriri-- The Totara--The Tanekaha--The Towai--The Pohutukawa --The Kowai--The Rata--The Village of Rotopipiwai-- Maungataniwa--The Vegetating Caterpillar--Visit to the Baron--Sunday Services--Marriages of Natives--Passage to Pakanai--Native Quarrel adjusted--Breaches of the Tapu.

CHAPTER III. FROM PAGE 54 TO PAGE 79.

Hokianga Heads -Stratum of Fossilized Vegetable Matter--Coal--Maunganui--Kaipara Kauri Forests--River crossing --Indigenous Fruits--The Kohutuhutu--The Karaka--The Tupakihi--The Ti Root--The Kawakawa--The Titoki-- Village of Kaihu --Early Rising--Chapel full of Fleas--Raupo--Korari--Wairoa River--Canoes--Tukeing--Aotahi--Passage down the River--Sang Froid--"Taihoa"--Delay of Kahawai--Te Akeake--Tiaho --Kaipara Heads--Population and Depopulation--Overland Journey--Kahikatoa-- Water Conveyance--Canoe Paddles --Manukau--Waikumete--Watas--Security from Fleas--Tatangarau--Fisheries--Reach Moeatoa,

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CHAPTER IV. FROM PAGE 80 TO PAGE 98.

Moeatoa Settlement--Schools--Extraordinary Memories-- Old Te Huia--Chieftainship and Slavery--Impossibility of uniting the Tribes--The Chief Kaihau--Tradition of the Origin of New Zealand--As current at Manukau--At Tauranga--At the Thames.

CHAPTER V. FROM PAGE 99 TO PAGE 132.

To Waikato Heads--Tuhokaia--Reception there--Waikato Tribes--Examples of the Language--Waikato River-- Tauranganui--Odd Sail--Ngaruawahia--Old Waharoa-- Te Horo Pa--Matakitaki--Rapids--Mangapouri--Otawao--The Hahunga--The Hakari--Maungatautari-- Strange request for Food--Figurative Language--Village Worshippers--Horotiu River--Remarkable Chasm--Hinuwera--Matamata--Curious Questions--Misapplications-- Eagerness to Learn--The Great Swamp--The Thames-- Wairere Waterfall--Arrival at the Papa.

CHAPTER VI. FROM PAGE 133 TO PAGE 169.

Tauranga Station and Harbour--The Papa--Tonga Chief and Fijians--Inland Journey to Rotorua--Method of obtaining Fire--The Kareao--Night Travelling--Awaho--Full Canoe--Arrival at Mokoia--General Description of Rotorua --Boiling Springs--Cruel use of them--Accidents--Singular Warm Baths--Oinemutu Springs--Natural Hothouses-- Sulphur--Soil--The Lakes--The Mission House at Mokoia--Oinemutu Pa and People--War Canoes-- Carvings--The Pataka--Laughing Propensities and Crying Practices--Springs near the Pa--Rotoiti Lake--Hill Pas-- The Morere--Pateko--Provision Stores--Brimstone Valley --More Hot Springs--White Island--A Sunday round the Lake--Repulse at the Kauakaua--Missionary Success at East Cape--Undefined Boundaries---Return to Tauranga.

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CHAPTER VII. FROM PAGE 170 TO PAGE 192.

Leave Tauranga in the Glatton--Sudden Alarm off the Aldermen--Imminent Danger--Excessive Regard for a paltry Tobacco-pipe -- The Glatton Abandoned, but the Boat saved -- Providential Landing--The Glatton on the Rocks, but the Lads safe out of her--Their praiseworthy Conduct --The Tanewa--Scarcity of Water--Wild Scenery--Perforated Rocks--Shell-fish---Lizards--The Glatton falls to pieces--Crossing to Mercury Bay--Groundless Fears-- Witianga--Return to and from the Wreck--White Population--Journey to Coromandel Harbour--Desire for Instruction--Native Letters--Paratene--His Letter--Account of him--Conclusion.


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